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Matt Heafy from Trivium: Ascendancy, the dangers of overnight success and the power of heavy metal
Hello and welcome to episode number six of Kerrang! In Conversation, powered by KILLSTAR.
This week K! Editor Luke Morton sits down with Trivium frontman Matt Heafy to deep dive into the band’s origins and the breakout success of Ascendancy – ahead of their upcoming tour with Bullet For My Valentine. Plus Matt shares his intense regime for staying in prime condition (musically and physically), his gateway into metal and how that is changing for newer fans, and why he wants to score movies one day.
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